Fountain-brush



No. 615,063. Patented Nov. 29, I898. E. F. DURSEY.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

(Application filed Aug. 1, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Inventor m: Noams PETERS 0a., PHOYO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. .1

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ELMER F. DORSEY, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 615,063, dated November 29, 1898. Application filed August 1, 1898. Serial No. 687,471. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER F. DORSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Supplying Devices for Brushes or Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention has for its objects, first, the continuous supply of liquid to the interstices of a brush or broom while in use; second, the distribution of the liquid in the uniform direction of the length of the brush; third, the adjustment of the liquid-conductors to accommodate brushes of different sizes, and, fourth, the regulation of the flow of the liquid to the brush or broom from the liquid source of supply.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, such as will be first fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a scrubbing-brush, showing my invention applied thereto, also showing the hollow liquid-conducting handle, the liquidsupply tank, and the flexible conductor of liquid connected with the tank and also with the handle and the check-valve. Fig. 2 is a front View in detail of the brush-clamping liquid-distributing pipes, showing the adj 11stable connecting-pipe and the perforations for deflecting the liquid. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tional view taken through the liquid-distributing and adjustable connecting-pipe. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the check-valve at the end of the water-conducting handle, showing portions of the handle and flexible liquidconductor. Fig. 5 is a View of an alternate liquid-distributing device applied to a broom. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the invention, with the check-valve lever extending between the operating-handles to the brush.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ordinary scrubbing-brush, of which a is the back of the brush and a the bristles. Upon one longitudinal edge portion of the back a of the brush, which is relatively the forward edge, is a liquid-distributing pipe b, extending the length of the brush and closed at both ends by the removable plug b In the side of pipe I) which is near in position to the bristles a are perforations b which are directed toward the interstices or the spaces between the separate fingers formed by the bristles. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) Upon the other edge portion of the brush is a pipe I) of the same length as the former pipe I). Vith the side of each pipe, at one end of the brush A, is connected rigidly a clamping-plate c, which plates are bent over the edge of the brush and extended a short distance toward each other in the same plane as described by the back of the brush, and a portion 0 of said plates ex tended outwardly and at right angles to the back of the brush, thus forming separate clamping plates. Through the clampingplates 0 is extended a clamping-bolt 0 upon one end of which bolt is a head and which bears upon one clamping-plate c, and upon the other end of said bolt is a thumb-nut o which bears upon the other plate 0. At the other end of the brush A and connected with the other end of the liquid-distributing pipes are clamping-plates which are precisely the same as the plates 0 c and provided with a clamping-bolt, as described of the bolt 0 With one of the liquid-distributing pipes upon the forward edge of the brush, at a point equidistant from the clamping-plates c, is connected one end of a liquid-conductin g pipe (1, which extends a short distance from said pipe in the plane of the edge of the back a of the brush and is bent at cZ and extended in the same plane as the said back a little over onehalf the distance toward the opposing edge of the brush and telescopes with a short section of pipe d which pipe extends a short distance past the line of the rear edge of the brush A and is connected with the pipe b upon said rear edge of the brush by means of a short branch pipe 01 extending from the under side portion of the pipe 61 to the upper side portion of the distributing-pipe b. The forward end of the pipe 61 which receives the pipe 01, is screw-threaded externally, and upon said end is a nut d, and upon the end of said IOO threaded externally at both ends.

nut is connected rigidly an annular ring d which extends around the pipe (I, and upon the nut, between said ring and the end of the pipe (1 is suitable water-tight packing. The other end of pipe (1 is internally screw-threaded, as at and in said end is fitted one end of a water-conducting pipe D, which is screwthreaded externally, said pipe forming a handle by means of which the brush is manipulated.

Around the pipe D is a casing E, preferably of wood, which abuts against a flange (V, which extends around the end of the pipe (Z which receives the end of pipe D. The other end of pipe D is also screw-threaded externally and is fitted within the internally-screwthreaded openingf of a check-valve F, said valve having a flange f extending around the opening f and against which the casing E abuts in the same manner as against the flange (F. The check-valve F, as seen in Fig. 4, is of the ordinary construction and is provided with an upper chamber-f and a lower chamber f separated by a diaphragm f, the upper chamber communicating with the pipe D and the other chamber with the supply-pipe for the liquid. In the diaphragm f is a valve f through which extends a plunger f. In the bottom of the valve is a removable plug f and resting upon said plugis a spiral spring f which also extends around the plungerf and bears also upon the under side of the valve f. The upper end of plunger f extends through the upper portion of the easing of valve F, through the nipple f on the outer side portion of said casing, which nipple is screw-threaded externally. Upon said nipple is a packing-nut f Upon the other end of the valve F is an internally-screwthreaded flange f Upon said flange is a bearing-post g, with which post is pivotally connected one end of a lever G, which also bears upon the plunger f 6 and extends a considerable distance parallel with the casingE of the pipe D. In the screw-threaded flange f of the valve F is inserted one end of a short length of pipe h, which is also screw- Over the other end of pipe 72. is fitted one end of aflexible pipe II.

I represents a tank for holding liquid and is arranged in position at a suitable elevation to give a pressure to the liquid. In the side of tank I, near the bottom, is a short pipe '11, with which is connected the other end of the flexible pipe II, leading from the handle D.

I11 the various uses to which the brush A is applied the handle E is seized, preferably in the left hand, about midway of the length of said handle, the right hand grasping the outer end of the handle in close proximity to the lever G. hen the flow of the liquid is desired, the lever G is forced downwardly toward the casing E of handle D, which depresses the plunger f and the valve f and the liquid in pipe II, with the pressure afforded by the quantity in the tank I, flows through the chamber f in valve F into the chamber f through the valve-opening, and thence into the pipe or handle D, thence to the conducting-pipe (Z on the brush A and through the branch pipe (1 and the adj ustable telescopic pipe (Z to the respective pipes b I), and emerges in jets from the perforations b in each distributing-pipe and passes to the interstices of the brush, and as the brush is used the liquid continues to flow into the brush and is spread by the bristles, the rapidity of the flow being at all times within the control of the operator and the valves partially or entirely closed at will.

In the employment of the brush I am enabled to apply various kinds of liquids for covering surfaces subject to the weather, and in which may be included lime washes or oilpaints. I intend, however, the special application of the brush to the washing of freshly-killed beeves, in which the removal of the grease from the flesh is met with difficulty. In such cases the scrubbing of the flesh of the hooves maybe accomplishedwith a steady flow of water and the operation completed in less time, and without grease adherin g to the brush, than heretofore.

The invention is adapted to the washing of carriages, windows, and other obvious uses in which a brush is employed, the pipes Z) Z) being readily adjusted to any width of brush in common use. For this purpose the nut d is turned so as to release connection with the pipe d and the pipe cl drawn outwardly or thrust inwardly, as the width of brush requires.

lVhen connected with a broom, my invention is modified and a pipe-frame employed, as seen in Fig. 5, and in which form, instead of the separate perforate pipes Z) l), I employ an elliptical-shaped perforate pipe K, which is in one piece and extends around the fibrous portion of the broom I. Upon each side of the fibrous portion of the broom are upwardlyextended pipes 7.; 7o,which are short in length. In each pipe 70 is telescoped the lower end portion of a pipe m, of smaller size than the pipe 71;, and in pipe 7.; is a set-screw k which impinges against pipe at. The upper end portions of the pipe at m are bent nearly at right angles and toward each other and connected with the respective opposite sides of a pipe M, which forms the handle to the broom. The lower end portion of the pipe M is closed a short distance below the point of connection of the pipes m m therewith, and between the closed portion of said handle M is a socket m,whieh receives a short portion of an ordinary wood handle to the broom and so as to give a rigid connection with the handle M. The handle M at its outer end is con= nected with a valve F and tank in precisely the same manner as described of the handle D, the liquid passing freely to the broom through the perforations 70 in the liquid-dis tributing pipe K and these perforations given such a direction as to compel the entry of the sides of the brush are essentially the same as.

clamps c c. The upper ends of those clamps which are connected with the distributingpipe on one side of the brush are joined together by a handle or bar 0 extending from the upper end of one clamp to the upper end of the other clamp. The clamps upon the other side of the brush bear directly upon the outer edge of the said side and are joined together by a handle,which is the same as handle 0 The clamps o are secured by clamping-bolts 0?,which are the same as the clamping-bolts 0 The pipe N, supplying the liquid to the distributing-pipe, extends in the direction of the length of the brush, and at a point near the clamps 0 0, in the direction of one end of the brush, the said pipe is bent at right angles and thence over the edge of the brush and connected with the distributing-pipe. The valve F, controlling the flow of water, is in the pipe N and near the brush, so that the lever P may be extended between the handles, and thus operated by a slight pressure of the palm of the hand.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A liquid-supplying device for brushes and brooms comprising separate perforate liquid-distributing pipes adjustable telescopic liquid-conducting pipes connected with the separate liquid distributing pipes respectively and having externalscrew-threads upon one of said pipes and a joint-closing nut, and a hollow handle connected with the liquidconducting pipe.

2. In a liquid-supplying device for brushes and brooms, the combination with separate perforate liquid distributing pipes, of clamping-plates upon each pipe, and a clampingbolt connecting opposite clamping-plates and adjustable telescopic liquid-conducting pipes connected with the separate liquid-distributing pipes respectively, and having external screw-threads upon one of said pipes, and a joint-closing nut, and a hollow handle connected with the liquid-conducting pipe.

ELMER F. DORSEY. 

